by ringo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apr 19, 2008 at 04:46 PM
"alooo" <uh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:chjOj.2255$I55.362@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> There's been a lot of discussion comparing the GP question with last
> season's teacup question and I think I'm seeing a pattern here so let
> me ask something: is there anybody here who takes issues with the
> validity of one of those answers but not the other?
>
> I ask because it sounds like people either agree with the answers to
> both questions or diagree with the answers to both questions. Maybe
> it's one of those things that some people's brains just can't process.
> I wonder if it's an ability you're born with or if it's something
> that's learned and if previous exposure to these kinds of questions
> determines who understands them and who doesn't. Maybe a riddle-a-day
> could bring improvement in that area.
>
> I know I've been a little harsh against the people who don't get these
> questions but perhaps it's one of those situations where some people
> got the "broad interpretation" gene while others got the "pat their
> head while rubbing their stomach" gene. And the people who immediately
> attribute something they don't understand to rigging got the "nutjob,
> whacko, can't-deal-with-reality-so-they-grab-onto-a-conspiracy-theory"
> gene.
>
I think you're way overthinking it or maybe that's the gene I have. <g>
When I hear I question I don't first think trick question or analyze
every word of the question. I don't think someone is trying to trick me.
The teacup question from last season I assumed w/o the hole b/c that is
how most things are measured, think cooking or laundry. Cooking
directions don't say "one cup of water WITHOUT A HOLE IN THE CUP" or "one
cup of water WITHOUT A BIG GLOB OF PLAYDOUGH IN THE CUP" it just says
"one cup of water".
In regard to the relation****p question Julie mentioned the two known
relation****p BOTH of which involved HUMANS and asked if there was a third
relation****p. W/o overthinking it I think must would automatically think
HUMANS not humans PLUS animals. But that's just me.
